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Please write comments and anything else here. Above the line, this page is intended to end up as a mainspace article. Firstly, I want to ask for help adding Robot Wars specific terms to this list. Secondly, I want help formatting it, whether it just be a list or a table. The list is currently tiny, as I just wanted to get it started. Fill it with whatever you feel is a word people won't know when they first look at the wiki, or a word that is used differently in a Robot Wars context to usual. Where possible, include a hyperlink to a relevant page. Jimlaad43(talk) 15:22, April 3, 2017 (UTC)
- Stuff to include in the list: Acronyms and abbreviations. Slang used only in Robot Wars, or on the wiki.
- Stuff to not include: Abbreviations of people's or robot's names (eg: WBC - Wheely Big Cheese). Words that are pages in their own right.
There has to be an awful lot more stuff we can add here. --Jimlaad43(talk) 13:35, April 5, 2017 (UTC)
- With help from the Fun Fax, here are a couple of additions I would like to suggest:
- Grudge Match - Term used to refer to battles intending to settle a grudge between two or more competitors.
- KO - Acronym standing for Knockout, used to refer to an opponent becoming immobilised, pitted or thrown out of the arena.
- Roboteers - Term used to describe any individuals or teams who appear on the show as competitors.
- With help from the Fun Fax, here are a couple of additions I would like to suggest:
Look at all the terminology pages for phrases like hazards, recoil, immobilised. Also see JP words like Armament, flipability, etc. other choices include CO2, Hardox, HPD. Toon Ganondorf (t c) 21:10, April 5, 2017 (UTC)
I see that two of my recent additions, "Battle of the Ground Clearances" and "Preboot" have been removed. Remember that this list is supposed to not just be for terms found in the broadcasted episodes, but it is also supposed to define some wiki-specific words and acronyms like OotA. Both those terms I mentioned are ones I use when writing stuff, which is why I included them to clear up any confusion. Jimlaad43(talk) 17:12, October 31, 2017 (UTC)
- Nothing was removed, simply renamed. We shouldn't be using "preboot", it's clever enough but it's not a real word, and 'classic series' or 'the original run' are much more accepted terms, hencewhy I renamed it to Classic series. Battle of the Ground Clearances was moved to just Ground Clearances, as the 'battle of' part is quite self-explanatory. TOAST 17:31, October 31, 2017 (UTC)